The researchers also, for the first time, compared the complete set of neural connections (the connectome) in a female and a male specimen—and identified differences. "At present, there are only a few ...

The fruit flies in the current study were engineered to have virgin births on their own. Mouse studies have typically needed a second female mouse, to give birth to the first mouse's virgin ...

In this video, a male fruit fly (species Drosophila melanogaster) flaps its wings, creating a distinct "song" to attract a female. Mosquitoes have the same gene and a similar courtship ritual ...

Scientists said on Friday they have genetically engineered female fruit flies that can have offspring without needing a male, marking the first time "virgin birth" has been induced in an animal.

Nature 634, 124–138 (2024)) In 2013, neuroscientist Davi Bock and his team at the at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus dipped an adult female fruit fly brain into a ...